How unorthodox rituals helped us survive an acquisition at Slido - Marek Suppa @platohq
How unorthodox rituals helped us survive an acquisition at Slido - Marek Suppa  @platohq
Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
In this keynote, Marek Šuppa, a Principal Data Scientist/Engineer Slido (now part of Cisco), shares his experiences from Slido's acquisition by Cisco, and how their unique company culture and rituals help us navigate successfully this acquisition and keep their identity.
Main takeaways are:
- Three days a month
- Learn as a team
- Creativity as a glue
Check it out for more details.

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This talk was recorded at Elevate 2023, Plato's flagship engineering leadership conference hosted in San Francisco on Nov 7 and 8 2023.
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